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IN BRIEF: The front of the leg between the knee and the ankle.

Hitting your shin on something is very painful.

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In horses, the large metacarpal and metatarsal bones, especially the dorsal surface.

• bucked s's — see sore shins (below).
• sore s's — periostitis of the shins seen most commonly in 2- and 3-year-old thoroughbreds in hard training, mostly in the forelimbs. The horse is lame and worsens with work. In severe cases an enlargement is visible.

For a list of words related to shin, see:

• Martial Arts - shin: heart-mind
• Directions - shin: draw oneself up by holding fast with hands and legs

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Dansk (Danish)
1.
n. - skinneben
v. tr. - sparke over skinnebenet, klatre op i
v. intr. - klatre op, bruge skankerne

idioms:

• shin up    klatre op i

2.
n. - det 22. bogstav i det hebraiske alfabet

Nederlands (Dutch)
scheen, klauteren

Français (French)
1.
n. - (Anat) tibia
v. tr. - grimper, donner un coup de pied dans le tibia
v. intr. - grimper

idioms:

• shin up    grimper à (un arbre)

2.
n. - shin (vingt-deuxième lettre de l'alphabet hébraïque)

Deutsch (German)
1.
n. - Schienbein
v. - klettern

idioms:

• shin up    hinaufklettern

2.
n. - 22. Buchstabe des hebräischen Alphabets

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - (ανατ.) κνημιαία ακρολοφία (κν. καλάμι)
v. - σκαρφαλώνω, περπατώ βαριά, δίνω καλαμιά

idioms:

• shin up    σκαρφαλώνω

Italiano (Italian)
stinco

idioms:

• shin up    arrampicarsi

Português (Portuguese)
n. - canela da perna (f) (anat).
v. - subir, escalar

idioms:

• shin up    subir em árvores/postes

Русский (Russian)
голень, голяшка, карабкаться, ударять по голени

idioms:

• shin up    влезать

Español (Spanish)
1.
n. - espinilla
v. tr. - trepar
v. intr. - trepar, andar, correr, andar pidiendo dinero prestado

idioms:

• shin up    trepar, encaramarse

2.
n. - vigésimo segunda letra del abecedario hebreo

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - skenben, smalben
v. - klättra uppför, klättra, sparka ngn på smalbenet

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
1. 胫部, 胫骨, 踢的胫, 攀, 爬, 快步走

idioms:

• shin up    爬上

2. 希伯来语的地22个字母

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
1.
n. - 脛部, 脛骨
v. tr. - 踢的脛, 攀, 爬
v. intr. - 攀, 爬, 快步走

idioms:

• shin up    爬上

2.
n. - 希伯來語的地22個字母

한국어 (Korean)
1.
n. - 정강이, 정강이 뼈, 소의 정강이 살
v. tr. - 기어오르다, 정강이를 차다
v. intr. - 기어오르다, (달라 붙으며) 내려가다, 바삐 돌아다니다

idioms:

• shin up    기어오르다

2.
n. - 헤브루 알파벳의 22번째 글자

日本語 (Japanese)
n. - 向こうずね, 脛, すねの骨
v. - よじ登る

idioms:

• shin guard    すね当て
• shin up    よじ登る

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) ألقصبه, ألظنوب " عظم ألساق ألاكبر وبخاصه حافته ألحادة (فعل) يرفس على مقدم ألساق, يعترش " يتسلق شجرة أو صاريا بأن يطوقها بذراعيه وساقه "‏

עברית (Hebrew)
n. - ‮צידה הקדמי של הרגל מתחת לברך, בשר-שוק של פרה‬
v. tr. - ‮טיפס בהצמדת זרועותיו וברגליו, עלה על‬
v. intr. - ‮טיפס, עלה על‬
n. - ‮האות העברית שין‬

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